Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-05
NEWS NOTES.

OF Georgia. and General John @. Black, OF
Illinois. Letters of regret were read from
President Cleveland and members Of his
cabinet.
The second annual bal quet of the Miehi-
gan club gas held IN the Princess rink in
Detroit, Mich. Covers were laid for 800
and several hundred more occupied seats in
the gallery Senator l. w. Palmer called
the meeting 10 order ana DR.. RexfOrd pre-
sided. An hour vas spent at the table.
senator Palmer called the meeting to order.
De tonchingly referred TO TIE presence last
year OF Senator Logan who was ''such man
as the republican party attracts and dCvel-
Opss' and IN siienes the toast TO his memory
was drank in cold water. The chairman
then spoke of the influence Of the clue the
past year and the need OF keeping at work.
Taking the motto Of the old general, ''FOr-
ward ~ he called on the party il the state TO
respond and tight. His reference TO the
need OF nghtlng for the pensions called forth
applause. A number OF the most prominent
republican, OF the country we're present, and
many letters OF regret were read from pub
lie men o. national fame.
Colonel Lamont says that the secretary
ship OF the treasury had not yet been offered
to any one, all reports to the contrary not
Withstandlng, and that the president has
not yet settled the matter IN his own mind.
Senator Stephenson, Of SheibyvilIe, H.,
is preparing papers which he will forward
70 Secretary bay ard, calling attention 20 the
arrest b the German government OF Richard
county. heabecker is uauuraliZsd citizen
of the United ) ates, and has resided IN
Shelby county for kOme years. In Deem
Der he started Tor Germany On a visit, arriv-
ing in that country January g, 1887. Three
days later he was arrested aud COMPEL TO
TO enter rh5 German army, and Is still held
aprisouer, subject 70 military service. Secre-
tary Baybrd viii be requested TO demand his
instant release.
Wilson (eolored), the youth charged in
the fnnfazainr a. a 'NnBHa NTH NM
der OF Wakefield Gaines, part of whose re-
mains were found in a pond az EdgingtOn.
Berks county, Pa took poison IL his cell at
the Central police station, and IL Is thought
he will die. The surgeons at first thought
that Wilson had taken poison, but subse-
quently ascertained that h6 had merely been
taken With an eplleptic Mt Mrs IObbs was
taken before Magistrate Smith and was
committed for further hearing. Wilson
made partial confession to chief of detec-
tivea Kelley, in the presence Of witnesses.
De admitted that he and Gaines had fought
10 the Iobbs house and said he had taken
the legs, arms and head of the deceased
from the house in three packages to the west
end of CallUw Hill street bridge on ths
night Of the murder and hid them, and that
Hubst Quenlly he tled bricks to the PACKAGES
and threw them into the Schuylkil river.
Secretary Manning has requested Assist
ant Secretary Fairchlld 10 continue to act as
secretary OF the treasury, as he does not care
to resume his official duties Just at present.
Itis ascertained that Prince Alexander. of
Battsnberg, the depOsed King OF Bulgaria,
Is lying III With gastric fever at his fathers
house IN Darmstadt. He has the small
pOI.
Mr.. Montgomery, commissioner of pat
ents, called on the president and notified
him of his de sire to return 10 the practice Of
his profession in Michigan in the early sum
mer. The president expressed regret and
requested him t. remain IN office until he
had an opportunity Of finding worthy sue
cessor.
A special meeting of the executive com
mittee OF the National Editorial association
was held in Washington on the oath. The
time for the next meeting Of the ASSOCIATION,
which Is composed Of delegates from all the
states and territories OF the union, was
fixed for September 9th TO 10th at Denver.
Stewart L. Moore, assistant general freight
agent Of the Northern Pacific railroad, yes
terday received a letter from President By
ran, of the stock Growers association OF
Montana, IN which he says; 81 ind the out
look bad enough, but hardly as bad re-
ported Should the cold weather continue
very much longer the loss might reach even
the estimate. From the men now on the
ranges and from those who have been here
all winter have estimates OF % per cent
loss mp to the time of gathering next
spring." Inspector Barney, under date Of
February Is, writes from Billings: There
IL a lOrs IN cattle among the older and
weaker stock, but nothing like what the
croakers claim. / think 30 per cent the
full estimate of loss in native stock, and 80
per cent IN Texas stock of last falls drive.
The COWmen say that many of the estimates
Of the losses are too light. but IL varies Ia
different localities, 80 that 1t is hard to say
exactly what the loss will be. The loss "a
estimated all the way from 10 to 20 per
cent, but In the majority OF places It ls from
10 to 20 per cent on nauve cattle"
The serious illness Of Rev. James Free
man Clarke, Of Boston, is announced.
The death sentence pa ssed upon Duval,
the Paris anarchist has been cOmmuted to
eight years imprisonment.
President Cleveland has offered the posi-
ton OF commissioner under the interest ate
commerce bill to 61-PresIdunt Andrew ID.
White, of Cornell university. 1t is under
stood that he will decline.
The Minnesota house, by vote Of g. to 0,
passed bill providing that every common
carrier shall before April J. reduee rates 20
per cent On all classes Of freight.
The lands ceded by the Chippewa Indians
In Minnesota, by agrs enent with the north
west commission are expected to realize
nearly 6l5,OOO,OOO.
The widow of DR.. Pavy, a member OF the
late Arctic expedition, appeared before the
senate military committee and opposed the
confirmation OF Captain Greedy as chief sig
nal officer, asking ermisslOn 10 submit I'M
pOrtant documents.
Steve BrOdie, the man VINO last year leap
ed from the Brooklyn bridge, was arrested
yesterday at Pittsburg, 70 prevent him
from jumping from the eupola of museum
70 let stretched seventy five feet below,
where vast crowds had gathered.
In a case tried as Mil yankee. Henry Sey-
mer was awarded damages Of 8, 900 against
Lake township for the death of his son By
an accident on a defective road
James @. Branch, a wealthy young citizen
of st. Louis, has married a German CIR
formerly employed by his family. Both he
and his bride are barred out Of the patefna-
household.
The Industrial Gazette, of st. Louis
makes the announcement that there has
lust been uncovered near Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama, a bed OF red hermitite iron ore six
teen feet thick, which analyses si1ty-tWt
and One-half per cent OF metallic iron, anC
is believed to be tue most extensive and
valuable depOs Of the kind In the United
States.
Alta session OF the prophetic ccnferene,
in New York City, Rev. Baxter, Of England
took for his subject "a Great Crisis Is a
Hand" He took mp the question OF tn
aassvep trumpets" of revelations. Those he
said would be sounded thrice toward eacl
Of the four parts OF the world, which WoulC
be a signal 70 prepare for the millennium
All calculations pointed to period between
1892 and 1900 as to the beginning Of the mil
ienium. The anti Christ was 70 come on
OF the house Of NapOleSns and to be of herc
countanance, and man Of sin, full .
,ViIes. de is presumed to be Prince JerOm
Napoleon or "Plon PlOD." No. 665 on tn
Forehead or the right hand, would designat
Napoleon's followers. AL others were Z
perish on the gulllOt1ne. he would make
seven years covenant with the Jews, bu
would break It after three and half years
rha Jews would be greatly persecutsd